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Someone at a party the other night was trying to explain what you could do with geolocation on your phone. The conventional wisdom is, it would be “great” because if you are standing on street corner your phone could tell … Continue reading →

Rules of CommunityCamp: Rule 1: You must actually have a vibrant community to present at CommunityCamp. Like, for real. Rule 2: You are not allowed to present your own community at CommunityCamp Rule 3: You must find an (unpaid/volunteer/enthusiastic) member … Continue reading →

This one’s easy. Close your existing chequing account with it’s monthly fees and open a line of credit. Tell your bank to attach the line of credit to your debit card in the “chequing account” slot. Done.

A typical major bank (in this country) will charge you upwards fo $13/month for unlimited banking transactions (withdrawls, bill payments, debit payments, cheques etc.). However, the banks will typically waive these fees on line of credit accounts, to encourage borrowing one supposes.

And guess what, lines of credit have all the properties of your chequing accounts including cheque writing (for people who still do that), ABM withdrawals, debits etc. But here’s the kicker, lines of credit unlimited positive balances. Continue reading →